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Decorah-posten., 1887-07-06
eeeerab.gosten.-cnssas BEN CITE snli 1887.

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baon, telesraferes lobe SUM- siennem
q. z. o. Triniesie Rorie, Irins Bal.
bemnrs 8emalinoe, er / Mipbass nebs
iommen meb en- Yrins.
Decorah-posten., 1887-07-06
st iuSe,pGrrei 5attiBlem.

borg NmtsraabS IioIte Wtsoe forelda
ct Anora9enbe fra 6ersleus9 al Sollteb
SOonernab ON, at Der for Naret 1887
tiseium / tiolisere gar maatte al -sAtHats
I~ltti9tu8ieu bliue poet ct 8ioras til
Omfoitninserne peb 5atti9lem SanS
geberiens OpbOlb paa 8orser 2uan9ss
arbsibsanltalt. Sen Yaa9j9loetbe bar
cRret anbrast iammeiteos iiben 1878;
GnIisiattiSfasien bar biotil uorepet
9aluOelen ai Smfoitniuserne.
G%urmnnoen ianbt bet beipnoerlist, at
It Sp9neraab bolot ct 6attislem inbes
igrrret / 10 glar, iorbi ban life funoe
rnar, Jig iels. 8Orspr Guanssarbeioss
anitalt betra9tcs nemlig lom perre emo
5OrbeorinaSbuiet, % ben 8ecfOmmenoe
uar iadleoeS paa ell Mtaabe i9nSIlet
Raa Qiustio uagtet ban life bapoe 9iprt
Nnoet emo at pasaboubere. ct laaoant
6orebapenbe funbe 9lmtsraabet unlulis
ltStte. Amtsraabet Ilutteoe Zig til benne
GpTdttelie peo at nRste Nubragenbet.
Decorah-posten., 1887-07-06
alt MuItgt.

Gn ung Dame. "gtaa! en- Serre
lfuloe blot en- Sang puue at fpsie mig.
Seq itulpe oa NOT piie ban, at ies bar
Munben paa rette Steo!"
Decorah-posten., 1887-07-06
6rapbei fra g cnaloercn.

6rapboi fra g e~naloeren. Ieo
Slpiininsen az en- lille runo Sorbbsi
Paa Snie Mtnrf | Nerre Serreo, 8anz
osrs amt, bar @ieren, @aaromauo ans
Nrs 9ano iunoet ct @rapfammer ira
Slenalberen. Sette CT ifpl9e "Spup."
'plcrt paa ben ~pprinoelige SorbHabe us
II AZ rs~tangulGr 5orm, uoen Snogans,
Heo cit G9n9be al 9 SOB, en- Sreboe al
o Joo % en- Spibe af 3 SOB. aams
Neret oar fplot meb Mulo, % neberit i
''il1e Iorefom &ulbrOfter FAINT entalte
tsle al mennelfelise Sfeletoele. Seo
''Sle ltolte fanotes en- 81 CONNIE lang
"'9a99et &nip eaer Colt af Stint meo
qaanOtaa, Ell Z CONNER lang, liseleoes
'19a99et anip eler 0olt al Stint al
WI laatalote "5iIfebaleform" iamt Ell
y &Ontme lang tilbusset 8ile at Stint
"e0 e9 til begse .Gaoer. 8esuoen OPP
~Sss | ben fra @ammeret ubtpmte 5plb
VI Hae9et Im4f, 6 CONNER lang "5iifes
g''e" az Stint meo Spor al Slibnius.
<s 'lnOne 9ienitanbe ere / priuat Gle.
VII Sa8er | a~iobenbapn bar form,
" 90ot eeil.sbeo til at iasttase ct
s-'l'e mOrNomt 9raf at 9prelipet. San
saOOe 'a9t @Grfe til, at bans sgsse.
Decorah-posten., 1887-07-06

SnoifitS moote9es og Rerte bctaleS I'll
fnabanne Rates o9 paa iaaoannc Setinsel.
Ter, iom er forenltse meo Sitferbto oa en-
COB Bantforretnira.
Decorah-posten., 1887-07-06

Venst tiaaanS mob COB Sifter6eb Ill
h~oilteiombelit Selsb paa fort eler lang
Seritanb.
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Helping a Reporter.

Chauncey Depew president of the New
York Central Railroad) is at all times an
agreeable talker, and to reporters he is
especially so. Il never but once refused
to be interviewed" said he, talking to
the Journal, while here the other day,
land I gave in on that finally. 1t twas
very late at night, and 1 had gone to bed
more than usually tired. 1 was in the
midst of my first sleep, which is my best,
when the door-bell rang. / made up my
mind I wouldn't answer, hoping that
whoever he was he would tire out and go.
But he didn't, and finally 1 got up and
went down to the door and ushered in a
young man. Mr.. Depew, said he, Il am
= newspaper reporter. My wife is very
sick and the doctor says must take her
to Clifton Springs tomorrow. I don't
come to you for pass; I don't ask you
for money. One of the newspapers
(naming one of the leading dailics of
New York; has given me column and
a half. I've got to fill it. The money I
will get for it will, perhaps, save my
wife's life. I have walked the streets an
hour wondering what would write, when
I thought of you. Now, want you to
fill that space
"'But,' said I, what shall I talk
about2' =
"sAnything,' said he. So I walked
up and down the room and commenced
to talk upon subject. NO. said he, I
don't think they'd like that Then I
started off on another. I'm afraid OF
that said he. He suggested topic, but
that was professional and 1 could not talk
to him about it. Then rambled off a
category of different things until he in.
terrupted me on one 'Ihat'll do, said
he; give me something on that, and l
fired u speech at him. In few minutes
he stopped. That's enough, MIR. Depew,'
said he, I've got my column and a half
and he had. The next morning the in.
terview appeared, and my night friends
wife no doubt received the benefit OF it."
albany Journal.
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Night in a GYPSY Camp.

Edgar L. Wakeman gives, in the St.
Louis Globe Democrat, the following de-
scription of night as it is spent In gypsy
| camp:
GAS gypsy camp has no load of hate,
Or greed, or strife for social place, or un-
holy pleasures, as in your world, to
scourge his moments which God and ma
ture give to rest, the evening time is ever
a pleasant part of his daily experience,
for he has CHEEKY sound and sense, his
friends, his family, his horses and dogs,
with love and content about him. This
camp by evening, and indeed all evening
gypsy camps where there is a goodly
number of these tawny people in one
band, is weird and romantic, and yet
strangely snug and heart-holding to the
sense. In the open air, as we are, there
is still sense of being shut in and pro-
tccted by the very dark around and about.
Here are dozen tent fires, and one great
roaring fire around which we all gather
at will. All these make good deal of
light. Then against the trunks of some
great elms are fastened several tlarlng
cressets. Looking above or about, the
eye meets an almost palpable blackness
which, while shutting out the very stars,
seems TO panoply the spot, while the rich
new foliage of the branches are set in
the ebon folds like wondrous foriture OF
pale green.
"Hcre are groups at cards; there old
tales are being retold with some great
fourishes and variations by the story
teller of the band: over here are num-
ber of middle-aged men lying carelcssly
about fire, smoking and leisurely dis
cussing the morrow's affairs meddlesome
old spae-wives are everywhere descend
ing like grim propriety upon merriment
and cheer, but everywhere tolerated with
winsome respect and good humor; old
men and dogs are constantly sallying out
among the stock and to environs Of the
camp; sturdy women are humming old
tunes while making things snug about
the tents for the night; here and there is
genuine love-making by gypsy swain to
gypsy lass, but always under the eye of
the mother of one or the other-which
custom is almost savagely observed
among gypsies-for gypsy maiden is
never out of range of her mothers eye;
all about are little collections of lads at
various mischievous devices, for gypsy
children are precisely like your children;
while over here by the big fire, we who
can dance, or care to, have bribed
'freckled-faced joe the tinker, to tre-
mendous work upon his greasy violin,
and are pounding away upon the tender
green sward with such genuine vigor as
you never saw equaled in your whole
civilized life. Then the fires are banked
for the night, and we 60 to our separate
tents-it has always been my good luck
to sleep with the tinker, with several
dogs and a mules nimble heels for
guardian angels-and you would first
know the royal good in sleep if you could
get as close as we to the true breast OF
mother earth, with but few sheaves OF
sweet straw or some aromatic cedar
branches and travcl-work blanket be.
twepn -
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A Professional Ratcatcher's Method.

"Follow me-" whispered Dorney,
'sand dor't breathe" Taking the dark
lantern in his left hand and the long
tongs in his right he crcpt forward. Sud,
denly he shot tube of light from the
lantern on a row of boxes at one side Of
the room: No rat was in sight, and the
same instant all was darkness the same as
before. Two or three steps forward and
the light flashed again on the boxes. dis
closing big, ugly, and very much sur
prised rat-all rats are big and ugly, by
the way, but this was particularly
homely rat. As the light fell on the rat
the rat rose up in a dazed way on its
hind legs with its two forcpaws in the
air, and in fraction of a second it was
swung off its feet and dropped head
foremost into the bag held open by the
ratcatcher's assistant. who stood at his
masters elbow watching every movement
and ready to receive the prisoners. The
whole thing was, or seemed to be, done
in less than a second. The momentary
hesitation of the rat Just gave the rat
catcher time to grip it by the tail with
his tongs, and it was Topped into the
bag the same instant. Another and an
other rat met the same fate. and within
an hour nine rats were captured. Two
of these made riot when they were
caught by the tongs, but the others never
chirruped. Mr.. Dorncy subsequently ex-
planned his system:
"a rat that is caught by the tail will
not soucal." he said. '.In those cases
where they squealed I had caught them
by the body, not having time to get my
favorite grip on them. The rat. you see,
is paralyzed for minute by the light;
he rises up and tries to reach over it, and
as he is doing that l reach the tongs in
under him and catch him by the tail, if
can, and if miss the tail 1 catch any
where. When he's thrown into the sack
he lies quiet; they don't squeal if you let
them alone, not even if there's dozen OF
them together. They are content to lie
still and wait events rather than raise q
row: they're thinking. all the time that
maybe I'll forget all about them. That's
where they're off. Another thing: A rat
cannot gnaw through hanging bag-the
bag gives and the rat cannot get hold.
If the bag is laid down they can grip on
the crcascs and gnaw their way out IN
short order, but a hanging bag IS as good
as an iron safe A rat has only four
teeth-two above, which are about half
an inch long. and two below, which are
about an inch and half and run clear
through the under jaw. -Chicago 1rs-
! upe.
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The Oldest TrumpetS.

A firm of Belgian instrument makers
have manufactured for new piece at the
Alhambra some circular trumpets, after
models actually in use in the army OF
ancient Rome. The two instruments
now ready are the lituus, and the tuba or
buccina. Both instruments were referred
to in Horace's first ode to Mecenas:
Multos castra juvant, ct l;tue tuba
Per mixtus sonituS.
The lituus was the cavalry trumpet OF
the Romans, and the present specimen IN
G is copied from models found in the
ruins of Cerveteri. and now preserved in
the museum of the Vatican. The tuba
or buccina is in G, an octave lower. It
was the infantry buglc OF the Roman
army, and the present instrument is imi-
tatcd from specimens found in the exca-
vation of Pompeii and now in the Ma
tional Museum at Naples. Unless we
believe in the '.Golden Horn OF China,
or until somebody discovers the actual
trumpets of rams horns, with the din OF
which the hosts of Joshua demolished
the walls of Jericho. these Roman instru-
mcnts must be considered the oldest
specimens of the trumpet family extant.
1t is, however, stated that an EtruScan
tuba, capable of being played on, exists
in the British Museum. -Loadon Faper.
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What Noses Denote.

A new journal is to appear as the
organ of the science of nazography.
According to La Science en- Famille, the
author of the system states that
nazography permits Of divining the
character, habits, and inclination OF
people by q simple inspection Of their
noses. According to this science it is
desirable that the nose should be as long
as possible, being sign of merit, power
and genius. For example Napoleon and
Cesar both had large noses. A straight
nose denotes a just. serious, fine,
iudicious and energetic mind; the
Roman nose, propensity for adventure;
and wide nose with open nostrils IS
mark of great sensuality. A. cleft nose
shows benevolence-it was the nose OF
st. Vincent de Paul. The curved, feshy
nose is a mark Of domination and
cruelty. Catherine de Medici and
Elizabeth of England had noses Of this
kind. The curved, thin nose, on the
contrary, is the mark of brilliant mind,
but vain, and disposed to be ironical.
It is the nose of dreamer, a peot, or
critic. If the line of the nose be reen-
trant-that is, if the nose is turned up
it denotes that its owner has a week
mind, sometimes coarse, and generally
playful, pleasant or frolicsome-C0u7
Io,irn1l
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How Type is Made.

1t takes great deal of work to make
tyne. saws the Atlanta Constitution.
Every letter has to be handled by five
persons after it is cast. The first thing
done is cutting the letter on the end of a
fine piece Of steel forming punch. The
punch is driven into piece of polished
copper, which makes the matrix. The
matrix for the face of the letter and the
mold for the body of the type are put
into the type-casting machine, fed with
melted metal and the letters are turned
ont one at time, dropping from the
machine like the ticking of u watch. A
great deal of work is required in finishing
type. and when at last they are apparently
all right each letter is examined under a
microscope, and the defective ones are
rejected.
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StyIish New York Women.

There is an air of chic and. style about
the New Yorker which is unmistakable.
1t distinguishes her at once from the
modest Bostonian and the aspiring Phila-
delphian, and stamps her as somebody IN
whatever part of the world she may be.
The clothes she wears are not different in
cut and material from those that other
American girls in the same circumstances
possess. True, she spends an alarming
sum annually upon her ravishing toilet:
but, then, Priscilla Fancuil, Of Beacon
street, and Martha Penn, of Rittenhousc
Square, could snow very much the same
extravaganza if their little account books
could be examined. But the New Yorker
has decided advantage. Her 1.-the and
supple figure lends itself readily to any
style of garment. however grotcsque or
strange, and transforms it at once from
the caricature into the most elegant thing
Imaginable. Whatever she puts on be-
comes her. Huge hats. which stasgcr
fashionable women in other cities, have q
peculiar grace and charm upon the heads
of the stately beauties who promenade
Fifth avenue. High bonnets cease to be
ridiculous, and the man who loves to
crack cruel jokes about the absurdlty OF
modern headgear is silent when he sees
the bcwitching effect of lofty qullis and
ribbons surmoilnting an arch and piquant
face. The tremendous tournure, which
looks so exaggerated anywhere else, sud.
denly strikes us as a picturesque and
beautiful addition to the feminine toilet
when the New Yorker adds it to her
draperies of silk and tule. No other
women can approach her in style. The
famous French milliners VOW that their
work becomes a pleasure when the
daughter of New York millionaire pu,s
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-06-15
The Bride Race in a Canoe.

The damsel, in Singapore, is given a
canoe and double -bladed paddle, and
allowed a start of some distance. The
suitor, similarly equipped. starts off in
chase. Ifhe succeeds in overtaking her she
becomes his wife; if not. the match IS
broken off. 1t is seldom that objection
is offered at the last moment, and the
race is generally short one. The maiden's 5
arms are strong. but her heart is soft and
her nature is warm, and she soon be-
comes willing captive. If the marriage
takes place where no stream is near, a
round circle of certain size is formed,
the damsel is stripped of all but waist
band, and given half the circles start:
and if she succeeds in running three times
round before her suitor comes up with
her she is entitled to remain virgin; If
not. she must consent to the bonds OF
matrimony. AS in the other cases, but
few outstrip their vers.-Johm Ferguson
MIepn1n
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WOMAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.
The Age of Women.

Some years ago certain will left the
sum of 10, 900 francs, tie interest of which
was to be given annually to a young un-
married woman of the working classes,
who. by her capacity and good conduct
should be in position to marry with the
help of a little money. In carrying out
the will it became necessary for the Pre-
feet of the Seine to determine the exact
significance of the words "young woman, "
and he has decided that they include the
period between twenty-one and thirty.
This will meet with only contemptuous
rejection from the sex at large, at least
that portion of it which has passed the
fatal limit. A woman is as young as she
looks, just rs man is as young as he
feels, and a really capable woman is never
thirty until she is forty or married.
Brooklyn Eagle.
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Christenings in Pennsylvania.

Two godfathers and two godmothers
are generally ppointed at Saxon peasant
christenings. and it is customary that
one couple should be old and the other
young; but in no case should husband
and wife figure as god-parents at the
same baptism, but each one of the quar-
tette must belong to different family.
This is the general custom; but in some
districts the rule demands two god
fathers and one godmother for boy
two godmothers and one godfather for a
girl.
If the parents have lost other children
before, then the infant should not be
carried out by the door in going to
church, but handed out by the window,
and brought back in the same way. 1t
should be carried by the broadest street,
never by narrow lanes, else it will learn
thieying.
The god-parents must not look round
on their way to church; and the first
person met by the christening procession
will decide the sex of the next child to
be born-a boy, if it be man.
If two children are baptized out of the
same water, one of them will soon die,
and if several boys are christened success.
sively in the same church, there will be
war in the land as soon as they are grown
up. Many girls denote fruitful vintages
for the country when they have attained
a marriageable age.
II the child sleeps during the baptismal
ceremony, then it will be pious and good
tempered; but if it cries, it will be bad.
tempered or unlucky; therefore, the first
question asked by the parents on the
return from church is generally, "Was it
O quiet baptism2" and if such has not
been the case, the sponsors are apt to
conceal the truth.
In some places the christening pro-
cession returning to the house finds the
door closed. After knocking for some
time in vain, voice from within sum-
mons the godfather to name seven bald
men out of the parish. When this has
been answered, a further question is asked
as to the gospel read in church; and only
on receiving the answer, 'Let the little
children come to me-" is the door flung
open, saying: "Come in; you have
hcarkened attentively to the words Of the
Lord. .n-PoWtlar Science Monthly.
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Mexico must be rather pleasant kind
of place to live in. A friend of mine,
who is looking after large mining prop.
erty in Sinalo, says they have genial
bandit there who has maintained himself
with considerable brilliancy of style for
twelve years. lie made raid on their
small town the other day and got away
with all they had, about $1,000. My
friend says they always keep $4OO or $500
for him up at the mines, because he has
lately taken to shooting in bad-tcm-
pered way when he does not get any
moncy.-San Francisco Chronicle.
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Women as Ranch Owners.

It is interesting to know that among
the occupations which are opened to wo-
men the hard life of ranching has been
one in which she has been particularly
successful. The very hardships are said
to have fascination for one who has Il
bit of love of adventure in her nature,
and some women born here in the East
have this generally supposed to be mas
culine trait strongly developed. A good
horsewoman with courage and endurance
can find vast field for her out-of-door
inclinations in managing cattle ranch,
or even sheep ranch for that matter. II
ranchwoman is successful it Is for the
same reason that the ranchman is sue
cessful-because of energy, the posses
sion of capital, and hard work. against
countless discouragements and sacrifices.
There is no royal road to fortune either
East or West. l have in mind as an in
stance of a successful cattle raiser lady
who had been brought up amid all the
encrvating influences of city-bred girls
life and who had spent much Of her
freshness in the gayeties of the represen-
tative social circle of the country. When
she became the wife of an army officer
she learned the valuable lesson of adapt
ing herself to circumstances. In this
way she received an education which was
to fit her to become one of the most sue
ccssful ranch owners of the Southwest
when, on the death of her husband. she
found herself alone in the world with
a modest capital There is no sugges-
ton in the wholesome, robust. successful
ranchwoman of that delicate hothouse
flower which was the picture of her first
youth. Boston Post.
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WORDS OF WISDOM.

It is o good rule to be deaf when q
slanderer talks.
Those are the most honorable who are
the most lawful.
Inordinate demands should be met
with bold denials.
No man should so act as to take adj
vantage of another's folly.
We are sure to get the better of for
tune if we do but grapple with her.
Cleverness is sort of genius for in
strumentality. 1t IS the brain of the
hand. ..-
The vulnerable point of ones character
is much more speedily discovered by our
interiors than by our equals.
Real friendship is slow grower, and
never thrives unless engrafted upon q
stock of known and reciprocal merit.
Misfortune is never mournful to the
soul that accepts it, for such do always
see that every cloud is an angels face.
Every single action of our life carries
in its train either reward or punish
ment, however little disposed we are to
admit that such is the case
The man who is suspicious lives in
constant state of unhappiness. 1t would
be better for his peace of mind to be too
trustful than too guarded.
An animal when it is sick Graves for
solitude; whereas the human being, on
the contrary, is only happy when he can
make his suffcrings public.
The true "grand dame displays the
same manners in her toilet room as in her
saloons, and the same courtesy toward
her servants as toward her guests.
Work, says one who is accustomed to
it, is the true philosophers stone,
whether you handle pick or pen,
wheelbarrow or set of books, digging,
ditching, or editing newspaper.
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Song of the Rejected.
will no longer sl1e nv Sue,

/ will no longer sue my Sue,
Nv suit is Spurned and oft denied.
The same slim prude is lovely Prue,
And Mollie is unmollitied.
Della no more with me will deal
Although she holds my heart IN snare,
I cannot make Ophelia feel
The darts that She has planted there.
Mabel, I'm able to be free
From you. no more am your slave,
And Grace, unless you smile on me,
shall go Sraceless to the grave.
Nv Flora's heart will not o'erfiow
To my half-crazed appeals at all:
And Minnie's most emphatic NO"
1t strikes me like minnie ball.
And although Dora I adore
Yet she for me will never care:
Though Cora pierced my bosom's core
She will not heed my suppllant prayer.
And Maud is modest when I'm near,
My presence she cannot abide,
And in regard to Clara, dear,
NV mind is still unclarited.
And Winnie can never win,
And Carries heart won't carry me;
And Mary, though with constant din
plead, will never marry me.
S. ". Foss. in Detroit Free F1'ess.